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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The Japanese company ispace that attempted to send a lunar lander to the moon in 2023 plans to launch its HAKUTO-R Mission 2 in mid-January. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 ...
The World Health Organization and the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization this month warned that Lunar New Year festivities celebrated in much of Asia posed an increased risk of spreading the ...
Today, June 7, 2025, the moon is 11 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 88% illuminated. Moon phase Date First Quarter June 2 Full Moon June 11 Third/Last Quarter ...
Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...